Source code for honeybee_energy.construction.dictutil

# coding=utf-8
"""Utilities to convert construction dictionaries to Python objects."""
from honeybee_energy.construction.opaque import OpaqueConstruction
from honeybee_energy.construction.window import WindowConstruction
from honeybee_energy.construction.windowshade import WindowConstructionShade
from honeybee_energy.construction.dynamic import WindowConstructionDynamic
from honeybee_energy.construction.shade import ShadeConstruction
from honeybee_energy.construction.air import AirBoundaryConstruction


CONSTRUCTION_TYPES = \
    ('OpaqueConstruction', 'WindowConstruction', 'WindowConstructionShade',
     'WindowConstructionDynamic', 'ShadeConstruction', 'AirBoundaryConstruction')


[docs] def dict_to_construction(constr_dict, raise_exception=True): """Get a Python object of any Construction from a dictionary. Args: constr_dict: A dictionary of any Honeybee energy construction. Note that this should be a non-abridged dictionary to be valid. raise_exception: Boolean to note whether an excpetion should be raised if the object is not identified as a construction. Default: True. Returns: A Python object derived from the input constr_dict. """ try: # get the type key from the dictionary constr_type = constr_dict['type'] except KeyError: raise ValueError('Construction dictionary lacks required "type" key.') if constr_type == 'OpaqueConstruction': return OpaqueConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstruction': return WindowConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionShade': return WindowConstructionShade.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionDynamic': return WindowConstructionDynamic.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'ShadeConstruction': return ShadeConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstruction': return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif raise_exception: raise ValueError( '{} is not a recognized energy Construction type'.format(constr_type))
[docs] def dict_abridged_to_construction(constr_dict, materials, schedules, raise_exception=True): """Get a Python object of any Construction from an abridged dictionary. Args: constr_dict: An abridged dictionary of any Honeybee energy construction. materials: Dictionary of all material objects that might be used in the construction with the material identifiers as the keys. schedules: Dictionary of all schedule objects that might be used in the construction with the schedule identifiers as the keys. raise_exception: Boolean to note whether an exception should be raised if the object is not identified as a construction. Default: True. Returns: A Python object derived from the input constr_dict. """ try: # get the type key from the dictionary constr_type = constr_dict['type'] except KeyError: raise ValueError('Construction dictionary lacks required "type" key.') if constr_type == 'OpaqueConstructionAbridged': return OpaqueConstruction.from_dict_abridged(constr_dict, materials) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionAbridged': return WindowConstruction.from_dict_abridged(constr_dict, materials) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionShadeAbridged': return WindowConstructionShade.from_dict_abridged( constr_dict, materials, schedules) elif constr_type == 'WindowConstructionDynamicAbridged': return WindowConstructionDynamic.from_dict_abridged( constr_dict, materials, schedules) elif constr_type == 'ShadeConstruction': return ShadeConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstructionAbridged': return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict_abridged(constr_dict, schedules) elif constr_type == 'AirBoundaryConstruction': # special case for ConstructionSet return AirBoundaryConstruction.from_dict(constr_dict) elif raise_exception: raise ValueError( '{} is not a recognized energy Construction type'.format(constr_type))